Upon the release of the much anticipated draft Peoples' Charter on Aug. 5, Bainimarama warned that all of its recommendations must be implemented before any general election was possible.

Abu Ghraib. Guantanamo Bay. Shocking arrests and mysterious disappearances. Extraordinary renditions. Will these initiatives really make the world a better place or contribute to irreversibly dividing it?

Self-described as "the final war," the protest is the latest effort by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) to force the government, led by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, from office.

If someone desires to know and understand nonviolence in India, he or she should do so by understanding the Ahimsa of Mahatma Gandhi. Through his own nonviolent actions, he astonished the whole world.

Since the peace agreement between the Maoists and the government, tourist figures are recovering. If peace continues, predictions are that Nepal's tourist industry may fully recover by 2010.

Critical of the dominance of a cultural approach to Muslim-Western conflicts, Baswedan believes conflict is triggered not by cultural, religious, or civilizational identity, but by a calculation of interests.

In what has been billed as the biggest lunch program in the world, India targeted 140 million students last fiscal year with an aim to improve nutritional levels and increase attendance.

The rise of radical organizations such as Defenders Front for Islam, Jihadist Paramiliter, and Indonesian Mujahidin Council, confirms the new power of the conservatives in Indonesian politics.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi remains under house arrest in Yangoon. She has not been allowed to see her doctor since January. She survives in a house that was badly damaged by Cyclone Nargis.

Kashmir Family Aid, founded in 2005 and based in Bend, Ore., works to counter poverty and terrorism while promoting women's rights by providing secular education to quake-affected children.

It is evident that the India-United States civilian nuclear deal is a victim of oversell as a

An interesting facet of the Sino-African project is the issue of standards diplomacy in the context of the evolving relationship between booming China and not-so-booming Africa.